From: Pi (moq@pirsig.ath.cx)
Date: Sun Jun 13 2004 - 16:30:18 BST
Hello,
There have been some insightful responses in the mailing list. Many of
which seem to be hinting at a common theme I want to bring to everyone's
attention.
There seems to be a consensus that money is largely a social pattern of
quality. Let us look at money's relation to other levels. As a social
pattern money ensures that the biological needs such as hunger are taken
care of (as described by Jaap Karssenberg). And originally, money, as a
pattern, was an emergent pattern from the biological roots. I often like
to think of relation between lower and higher patterns as the following:
+- higher pattern --+
| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | support | |
| | | | | | | control
| | | | | | | |
| |
+--> lower pattern <-+
(This diagram has been adapted from a lecture from chris langton. I can't
recall which book I read it in.)
Essentially, the lower pattern supports and enforces the higher paterns.
And at the same time the higher pattern controls and maintains the lower
patterns. This same relation between patterns is visible with relation of
money with biological patterns. Money is maintained as a necessary social
pattern by the strong biological patterns such as hunger, sex, shelter.
And money works at making sure that it's founding patterns are always
supported. It is a symbiotic relationship, almost. Without money,
biological patterns would suffer. Without the biological patterns, money
would perish, since it would be useless.
Thus it makes perfect moq-sense when popular culture strongly values the
pattern of money. Having money *automatically* gives you control over the
lower wilder patterns.
I suppose the real question I want to pose is as follows. As a person who
is largely involved in intellectual patterns, what can I do to
automatically gain control over the lower patterns? I want to control all
lower patterns, while I enjoy working on the higher intellectual patterns.
As an intellectual I cannot work just for increasing my social ranking or
satisfying biological needs. So I want to ask how do I get all those lower
level things for free? Is it even possible?
To ask the same question using the analogy of my diagram above, what
intellectual level pattern(s) should I focus on (or perhaps create)
throughout my life so I can automatically control the lower pattern of
money and consequently control further lower patterns?
In my original post I outlined how I do this now, but I am not sure if
this works in the long run. Similar outlines were provided by David Morey,
MarshaV and Mark. Where Mark seems to be doing something that takes a
lot of guts and gives exceptional rewards! Good luck Mark.
cheers,
-pi
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